# QUESTION: Grouping gems for a project

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-grouping-gems-for-a-project/107702>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 25, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-grouping-gems-for-a-project/107702 "2007-06-25T15:54:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-grouping-gems-for-a-project/107702/1 "2007-06-25T15:54:47Z")

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Hello.

I’ve got about 10 gems that are needed for my current project. I’d like  
to somehow put them all into one package so I can install them quickly  
on another machine.

Is there a way to do this, or do I have to install them one-by-one each  
time I move to a new machine?

I’d like to put them all into a single package or file, and just load  
that one file and be done with it.

Joe

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**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-grouping-gems-for-a-project/107702/2 "2007-06-25T16:55:24Z")

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Hello Joe -

On 25-Jun-07, at 9:54 AM, Joe P. wrote:

> time I move to a new machine?
> 
> I’d like to put them all into a single package or file, and just load  
> that one file and be done with it.
> 
> Joe

Take a look at this post plus the other references ones - there are a  
few ways to skin the cat.

[http://errtheblog.com/post/2120](http://errtheblog.com/post/2120)

Note: I haven’t got this to work with native gems, nor a way to find  
out what gems are native.

Jodi